That is, um, incredibly not clear, based on the link you shared.
'Proton is a tool for use with the Steam client which allows games which are exclusive to Windows to run on the Linux operating system. It uses Wine to facilitate this.'
Even reading down the article to look for more details provides information about building the product, but as far as I can see no other significant details about it's underlying technology.
There may be other articles or posts that go over this more, but your link provided no useful or helpful information that I could see in two brief read-overs.
Okay, so, in the future, it may be nice to post a link to the blog post, instead of trying to back up your point with something that requires digging to get to.
I appreciate the attempt to clarify, but it's nice to make sure the clarification actually makes things make more sense.
Yikes, that is some ridiculous condescension I think we can do without in the future as well, if the wishlist is still open.
Also, if you're factually wrong about something, nobody owes you research even though it would be nice. You're still wrong even if you can't be bothered to click a few links, so it's a weird complaint. They didn't just have a "point"; they were right.
Finally, lighten up. It's just gaming-related chit chat. Nobody here is paid to use their free time to write comments on HN or to give you better links.
'Proton is a tool for use with the Steam client which allows games which are exclusive to Windows to run on the Linux operating system. It uses Wine to facilitate this.'
Even reading down the article to look for more details provides information about building the product, but as far as I can see no other significant details about it's underlying technology.
There may be other articles or posts that go over this more, but your link provided no useful or helpful information that I could see in two brief read-overs.